Changeset 5363

Timestamp:

05/27/07 07:45:14 (1 year ago)

Author:

mtredinnick

Message:

Fixed #4150 -- Added an explanation of how to use eggs with mod_python.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/modpython.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

django/trunk/docs/modpython.txt

@@ -211 +211 @@
-    2. Or, copy the admin media files so that they live within your Apache
-       document root.
+
+Using eggs with mod_python
+==========================
+
+If you installed Django from a Python egg_ or are using eggs in your Django
+project, some extra configuration is required. Create an extra file in your
+project (or somewhere else) that contains something like the following::
+
+    import os
+    os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = '/some/directory'
+
+Here, ``/some/directory`` is a directory that the Apache webserver process can
+write to. It will be used as the location for any unpacking of code the eggs
+need to do.
+
+Then you have to tell mod_python to import this file before doing anything
+else. This is done using the PythonImport_ directive to mod_python. You need
+to ensure that you have specified the ``PythonInterpreter`` directive to
+mod_python as described above__ (you need to do this even if you aren't
+serving multiple installations in this case). Then add the ``PythonImport``
+line inside the ``Location`` or ``VirtualHost`` section. For example::
+
+    PythonInterpreter my_django
+    PythonImport /path/to/my/project/file.py my_django
+
+Note that you can use an absolute path here (or a normal dotted import path),
+as described in the `mod_python manual`_. We use an absolute path in the
+above example because if any Python path modifications are required to access
+your project, they will not have been done at the time the ``PythonImport``
+line is processed.
+
+.. _Egg: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs
+.. _PythonImport: http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/dir-other-pimp.html
+.. _mod_python manual: PythonImport_
+__ `Multiple Django installations on the same Apache`_
-
-Error handling
@@ -257 +292 @@
-.. _mod_python FAQ entry: http://modpython.org/FAQ/faqw.py?req=show&file=faq02.013.htp
-.. _Getting mod_python Working: http://www.dscpl.com.au/articles/modpython-001.html
+
+